The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1887-04-24
THE CAULDRON BUBBLES.
The session of the Nca.cnnnu
County tnii-rrOhibiiion
eOnNCniiOu
some strong speeches Made h, Jndgc
ur. Poage aud Others.

prohibitionists was vel distrlb-
uted throughout the county and bv
10 y clock Waco was iull OF dricu.-
lions elected from every voting pre-.
cinct. by L. O'Clock almost every
seat In the ..McClelland upers houso
was occupied by the delegate. VINO
were generally OF the farming aud
stock raising class. The drop cur.
tain of the stage had been rnisvd aud
exhibited masS OF American nag,
arranged ma most artistic design.
The programme was arranged tor an
overture by the band which Was ate
i'll arriving.
JUDGE GERALD,
While the audience was waiting
Judge Gerald was called for. lie
stated that the music would arrive in
few minutes aud the convention
would assemble, but he was always
ready to speak upon aquestion which
threatened the Liberties OF the people.
The Poop e were now threatened with
IA question which was to the effect
that u majority of the people should
decide what all should drink Il was
the same principle which actuatod
the revolutionary heroes to throw the
English tea into the Boston harbor.
This was more important question
than all the stamped paper and taxed
tea. What was not right for Texas
must not be RICH, for California, but II
prohibition was put into
effect in California II would conlis.
cate millions OF property in that
state and render "A large part OF those
lands worthless. The principle be-
tween local option and prohib ton
was as different as day aud night
Under certain circumstances he
would vote tor local option, but pro-
hibitiun never, because il was pc.
litical question. Who are the stand
ard bearers of that party They were
the preachers. He did not believe in
religion, but AS long as the preachers
were engaged in acts of pie;y sud
good deeds he would help hold up
their hands, but he hated the preach
ers who preached political ser mons
from their pulpits. Cries of amen
The harm in whisky is III the inju-
dicious use of it. but there was no
harm in making it. lie would offer
something better than wholesale
coniscatiOn otproperty, which would
remove the saloons. Let all stop the
patronage OF the saloons and they
would soon disappear While he WAS
charge with being II whisky sot. If
they would bring up all the saloon
keepers .and swear them, they
would say that if they had depended
on Gcrald's support they would have
to close up. That the statistics
showed that the causes of insanity
were, first, religious excitement sec
ond, i'll assorted marriages, aud
thirdly, INVESTIGATION. Why not legis-
late against the first twOi lie
would tight prohibition just
ike he would woman suffrage
lie didn't want his wife participating
in political campaigns, getting into
election fights and hence villiticd by
the newspapers, He would defy any
man 80 show where, in any instance.
liberty degencrated into license.
There was n liberty tor him to drink,
but no license for him to ;sct drums
and assault inoilensive people. There
was only one man III Waco that knew
his record in the war, but that man
knew what he had passed through 'or
ibcrty's sake lie had bottle OF
whisky in his house and he intended
to keep II there He had II little III
valid boy who was subject to sudden
attacks, and whisky and chlorotOrm
were the only remedies which would
give him relief, and rs long rs he wa
able he would buy il tor him, aud il
any constable, rs II was proposed in
Maine. comes TO search the house for
hidden whisky, and attempted
TO come into his house
and draw aside the curtains to see
his wife make II toddy for that sick
BOY, unless mis- arm WAS paralyHed
there would be dead officer on that
threshold. When la the opening OF
the campaign he had written small.
card in the evening paper there were
many who on The rtrccts next day
said that II Gerald took an active part
in this campaign they would have
him turned oul Of Office. He was a
federal Office holder but if il wa-
necessary tor this cause he would lAy
down the cllice rs roudiy ~ he took
it up. llr appealed TO the colored
people. lie had been snGered at
during the local option canvass be
cause he rs chairman Of the anti
prohibition executive committee OF
MCLcnnan county appealed ia
the colorcd people TO come forward
and vote down prohibition. He APP
pea.cd TO them not to listen to these
colorcd prohibition preachers because
they would not do to risk any more
than the white prohibi-
ion preachers. When he
went back ON the principles of the
constitution he wanted to be kicked
out ana sent into slavery, a. he mucl
preferred to be the slave OF u KIND
master than to be governed by such
bigots TcXps had places ion
other Aamos aud other Goliods
and no tor one was ready for Va,
tho fight Judge Gerald closed amid
storm of applause and the Contra
Cornet band which had arrived play
ed AN inspiring march.
,IuIUp "A lcNauIGr then took tli